by gunman in matamoros was a case of mistaken identity. u.s. official tells cnn a mexican cartel likely mistook the americans for haitian drug smugglers when in fact they were tourists there for medical procedures. at least three of the victims were from lake city, south carolina. the mother of one says there is not much to to ndo now but pray wait. the waiting is the worst part. it has its advantages and disadvantages. but however, no news is good news. that is the way i m staying with it. no news is good news. reporter joining me live from bogota. what are the governments doing to get the americans back? reporter: the authorities are conducting search and rescue operations across the border area in particular in matamoros. and you can see from the images that yesterday there was increased police presence especially from federal mexican police. and at the same time the fbi is conducting their investigation on the northern side of the border. and they visited the hotel
it s about getting rid of cons. antifa doesn t care about the environment. i haven t seen them in east palestine and we haven t seen them at the jersey shore protesting windmill whale murder. when police started kicking the forest defenders out of the trees one of the members known as little turtle started shooting at cops. a state trooper was seriously wounded and little turtle was killed. and now antifa is avenging little durettle s death. hid inside a group of peaceful protesters outside the construction site. they had comedy shows, music festivals, they even gave tours of the forest. and that s when things started turning mostly peaceful. and then 150 antifa militants pealed off, changed into camouflage clothing and black mask was and stormed the construction site. the antifa militants chucked bricks and molotov cocktails at police. lit construction equipment ablaze. this was a highly organized attack. and it won t be the last. antifa is getting stronger. they are interna
south carolina were kidnapped shortly after crossing into mexico. what authority is have called a case of mistaken identity. we want to warn you that the video we are about to show you is graphic and disturbing. you can see men and bulletproof vests brandishing long guns, shoving the americans into the back of the pickup. a woman shoved into the flat bud while the bodies of two others are limp and dragged him beside her. the minivan they were traveling in riddled with bullet holes, one of the windows shut out. family members have identified as batavia mcgee, her cousin seen here and their friend and eric james williams. we don t know which of the victims have been killed at this time. martha, again, we don t know who has been killed. we know reportedly to the sustained press it was an individual going for a tummy tuck and that individuals mother saying she got a call saying we are 15 minutes away from the procedure and then just never heard back. it is a terrifying story, i
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desperate search for four americans kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle just south of the u.s. southern border. the fbi is offering a $50,000 reward tonight for their return. the city of month morose is home to warring factions of the gulf drug cartel. that s the where we start william la jeunesse has the latest from los angeles. a warning some of the images in this report may be disturbing. good evening, william. good morning bret evening, rather. this story is not over and could get a lot worse. this attack happened on friday, just after the americans crossed at the border port of entry between brownsville and mat morose in th with north carolina plates. here you will see the gunman drag one victim into the bed of a white pickup. followed by three additional victims who appear injured or unconscious who are literally tossed into the bed of the truck like a sack of flour while the photographic maneuvers around them. van may have inadvertently blown throug